I have had several people ask me as to what is it that makes some mediocre people succeed in their professional life whereas some bright people fail in their professional careerLooking back at a cross section of people who have succeeded and failed in their professional careers, I can think of the below mantras to succeed in life

• As mentioned in my earlier article choose the career which is of interest to you that will ensure that you will be motivated each and each day at your work place

• Do constant reading and be updated with the latest in your professional area. Knowledge power has no substitute

• Set your benchmarks and standards. There is no point in trying to emulate anyone, set your own benchmarks and try to achieve and better that

• Do a SWOT analysis of your self. Try to consolidate your strengths, improve upon your weaknesses, look out for the opportunities and try to overcome the threats

• In professional life there is no need to be modest about yourself. You should be able to position yourself and do a bit of brand building about yourself. Your brand value should always have a premium

• And last but not the least constantly review the progress that you have made and try to realign yourselfHope this helps the youngsters.

It is important to spend a considerable amount of time to dwell upon what inspires and interests us before choosing our career. Career spans over a period of 30 years and each one of us would spend more time at our work place than at home hence it is important that we choose a career which would be of interest to us. More often than not we let destiny decide where we land up. Choosing your career should be by design and not by default.If you want to be a cricketer than spend your time at the cricket field rather than loitering around the footfall field, similarly each one of us are unique and we understand what is it than would interest us for a career. There is nothing right or wrong about choosing careers. You can be a scientist and be hugely successful or you can be a teaching professional and be sucessful or you can be a business professional and be very succesful in life. What matters most is to choose the path which would be of interest to you. That will ensure that you will be motivated each and every day when you perform what you always wanted to do. Regards. Zafrullah Khan(1986- 1990 batch from CAC)Senior Vice President and Global Head-Human ResourcesGlenmark Generics Ltd. Mumbai

Dear all.. i am soumyashree panigrahi from batch.2004-2008 .. I still cherish those golden days of my career in chiplima. The mahendra phone booth, Pramod Grocery shop, Suru tea stall.. all these are still fresh in my memory.. I can now think of my excapedes in the campus. Those were the days..Me and my friends..malla, Nitya, mano..etc could dare to go beyond burla and Godbhaga to just watch JATRA.. Those were the days we could see the fishing through Blasting in Chiplima fish pond. Still those memories make my eyes wet every time I think about them.. Our lives have become so busy right now that we dont have time to look back.. We are very busy now.. WHAT IS THIS LIFE IF FULL OF CARE..... WE HAVE NO TIME TO STAND AND STARE.... So... dear friendzzz, Is it our life..?? Com on.. share your experiences..